The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
Minor cleaning

The silent night came when they were still in that place, the guild hall was now deserted as most of the people who were there had gone home to each of them. The ones there now, were only the group of Israhi and Ziria who were indeed the stewards of the place.

Ziria was not alone, she was with Ian and a few others, living in the Guild together with Derrick. But now they have their own duties, in addition to guarding and supervising the surroundings. While Derrick, he is still unconscious in his room, accompanied by Aksa who continues to monitor his condition and make medicine according to the instructions written by Altair. Remilia was there to help him.

While the Guild Hall was currently quiet and dark, there was only a hint of light from the candle on a round table, where Ziria, Mira and the others gathered. On the other hand, Altair as the main character here right now, his figure was not visible at all.

" Where's altair??" until Israhi who was also there finally opened her voice.

But the others just looked at each other with an ignorant expression.

" I don't know, since the incident last afternoon no one has seen him again" Yi said.

" Ian's not in place either." Ziria also opened her voice between them.

Because of that, their attention immediately fell to Mira who was among them. He looks more relaxed than the people who are here at the moment, you could say.

Meanwhile, Mira who felt their gazes finally raised her head that had been subdued and looked back at those who looked curious. But unfortunately, Mira just shrugged her shoulders and shook her head in response to their question.

Yi and Ziria who saw that slightly sighed somewhat disappointedly, on the other hand... Israhi did not seem too sure of that answer.

" I'm sure he knows something..."

***

Elsewhere, in a vast barren plain, when the darkness of night enveloped everything without a crack. A magic portal appeared in the empty air carrying two people out from there.

That was Altair and Ian. Dressed in black robes covering their bodies, the two mingled in ferocity and finally arrived at their destination, or rather.

" They're here??" ask Altair who first started the conversation there.

Ian who heard it nodded his head confidently, "Yes. That was the content of the report given by him." he replied later.

Altair raised his hand and looked at the compass he was holding, and he began to walk southward according to what the compass showed, along with Ian behind him.

About 20 meters from their starting point until, there was a ravine before them whose depth was about 48-50 meters. Altair stood at the edge of the ravine, staring at the source of the fire, which was the only light in the darkness of the night.

Altair saw there were tents around there, there was also a group of people who were gathering around the campfire which was quite large, they were singing, dancing and drinking. Like they're having a really good party there.

" Miss Altair..."

His attention was distracted when Ian's voice called out to him from behind, Altair turned and looked at him. There was a child, about 12-13 years old, wearing the same black robe with him standing beside him.

Ian said, "Miss, she's Nox. The spies I told you." he cannibalized the boy he was carrying right now.

The boy named Nox put his hand on his chest and bowed respectfully, " Hello, Miss Altair. I've heard about you, it's nice to meet you" he told Altair.

Altair nodded her head, "Yes, it's good to see you're okay, Nox" she replied.

Maybe because of her relationship with Derrick, the people in the guild treated her with respect like a big miss. Altair himself did not care much about that, after all what he was thinking about right now was something else that was more important.

" Tell me Nox... Are they the bandits who attacked Derrick's brother?"

" Right, I've been following him as ordered up until now."

"What's the situation?"

Nox explained in sufficient detail, as bandits usually do, they do looting, kidnapping, and so on, this place is the location of their domian as well as their main headquarters. The group is led by a man named Brown, who is strong enough to be a leader. The current number of members is around 27.

According to what Nox saw while watching these bandits, Brown had made a transaction with mysterious people and made a huge profit. That explains the reason they are so happy and partying big right now.

Besides that, the women who were there. Whether they were dancing or just sitting among those people, they were the abductees of this group. There are also others, including children locked in a cave there, which is blocked by iron bars so they can not escape.

Altair who heard it thought carefully, this ravine only has two ends to come out if it goes up not counted. East and west directions.

But the problem is that the east is a dangerous location. It was outside the domian of the bandits, and there was the fire jaguar territory. The prisoners could not escape there, and the west road would definitely be held by the bandits.

Altair wanted to do this quietly, if he could he wanted to sneak in, free the kidnapped people and capture their leader secretly. But if it's like this....

" ....Well, how else" said Altair who then turned and walked closer to the edge of the abyss.

And that makes Ian and Nox wonder...

" Miss Altair..??" call Ian in wonder.

But Altair simply glanced at him using his tail eyes, and then said. " ...Ian. You and Nox go down and secure the prisoners if I give you a sign." That's all.

Then he jumped down into the abyss.

" h..!!"

And that must have made Ian and Nox very surprised, they hurriedly approached and peeked at what Altair was going to do.

While Altair himself who was plunging from a height looked calm, his robe fluttered due to the pressure of the wind, and before long he managed to land safely without the slightest injury. Altair took down the hood of his robe and made his long hair break down in the cold night wind.

Then he walked casually towards the people who were gathering...

Altair walked very slowly and quietly, air existence was very thin until difficult to feel. The first person to notice Altair was one of the women sitting distressed among the men. At that moment, he only turned his head because of the cold wind.

" A!..."

But at once he was surprised to find a young girl walking in the middle of the night, approaching them without realizing the danger...

" Why is that young girl in a place like this..??" the woman trembled in fear of imagining the bad things she might experience in that place.

Seeing the strange reaction of the woman, the man sitting next to her also saw where she was looking. At the same time as that, Altair stopped walking.

The party was stopped because of his words, and all eyes immediately centered on Altair who was there. The bandit members also smiled, laughing at the stupidity of someone who came to them with his own wishes.

While the women there looked at him with surprise and worry...

Altair himself did not react much, he just put on an expressionless face and looked straight at the first woman who realized the coming.

" ....There are things I want to ask." Altair said hanging. Still staring at the woman, but she shook her head with an expression telling her to leave quickly. Altair did not care much, and he continued his words. " ...I heard this group is led by a guy named Brown, where is he now? I want to see him." he continued.

All were silent, only a small giggle was heard from the bandits there. While Altair was staying straight, even when he felt the hand of someone leaning against his shoulder. He was the one who approached him...

" Ah~ Boss is busy right now. You can play with us until he's done, after that meet him. How's it?" ask the man to him.

But Altair had only one stance, "My job is just to meet him." he doesn't care about anything else being offered.

" Hey, hey, hey. Don't be like that. There's no need to rush, this won't be as long as you think. We're having a party here, it doesn't hurt to join us. Really friends?"

And the man also did not want to lose to Altair, either,...

" Right, right."

" Come join us.."

" You won't get a chance like this twice."

... His friends are very supportive of that as well. Unfortunately, that's in a bad sense.

The man next to him then grabbed Altair's face and raised his chin..

" How? Wouldn't this be fun? You can't resist it." she asked with a pushy impression.

There were no good intentions from the beginning. Altair who was in the middle of the situation finally closed his eyes and let out a long sigh...

Meanwhile, on the cliff, both Ian and Nox, they continued to pay close attention. Both were unsure of the sign referred to by Altair, but in their eyes... The current Altair urgently needs help from those dirty people.

" How long are we going to keep quiet like this, Mr Ian? Miss Altair's pretty face touched the bastard's dirty hands." Nox who first raised his voice sounded so upset.

Besides, Ian who heard that could only put on a flat facial expression. Nox who does not know how strong Altair is, Nox who does not like people who miss, and Nox who likes beautiful things. Of course he was immediately annoyed by what was happening down there.

" Let's wait a minute, maybe Miss Altair is-"

" Ackk!!"

Ian's words were cut off by the sound of the scream, Nox and Ian stared back down and Nox was really surprised. No, it's not a bad thing, but it could be.

Altair had just grabbed the hand of the man who was holding her face and grasping her very tightly. Hearing how the man cried out in pain to such an extent, perhaps Altair's wrangling was strong enough.

Those people instantly stared at Altair with stunned expressions, the other side Altair fixed on her previous expression. Then he let go of the man's hand and walked towards the woman he had noticed. The woman who saw him approaching immediately stood up from her seat...

His age was not much different from Altair...

As Altair smiled at him and asked again, "Sister. Do you know where that guy named Brown is?"

" I-it's..."

The woman seemed nervous about her question. When then his expression turned pale upon seeing something, Altair also noticed it. He turned his head to the side, looking at a large man standing there.

He was so big and tall that Altair had to swallow his head to see his face.

His stare-eyed eyes looked displeased, "Hey, little boy. Don't make trouble here" he told Altair.

" Huh?" but Altair simply raised her brow side casually in response.

" Don't act proud when you don't know where you are right now. You better shut up and come with us quietly..."

The male reached out his hand wanting to catch Altair, it was right before his face. When someone's hand then appears between them, and pushes Altair backwards.

" Tu-Tuan, please don't be angry. This boy still doesn't know anything." said the man who won it, he was one of the dancers there.

" What the fuck are you, step aside."

" I beg you. He's still so innocent, I'm sure he doesn't know about the rules."

Altair looked at the woman who was helping him seriously, as someone's hand touched his shoulder again and it made Altair turn his head. She was the woman he asked...

" psst.... Better not make a fuss or you'll be in trouble. Just follow their will now and find a way to escape." he whispered to Altair.

Altair understood his point, but that was not his goal. He turned his eyes back to the front, as another voice interrupted between them.

" ..Who cares if he doesn't know anything." the man who previously bothered Altair got back up while holding his flushed hand next to the previous one was gripped by Altair. " Hurry and catch the little girl, she has to pay for coming here" he said.

From the man's expression, he was completely enraged. His other comrades also seemed to agree with what he said...

At the same time, the women who helped Altair tried to keep Altair behind their backs. Even if both of them knew what would happen if they did...

And Altair, who had been silent, thought about the situation, "Hm... They wanted me to leave after both of them became shields. They're very nice, but... I don't intend to make someone sacrifice their life here." Inwardly.

Therefore, Altair finally stepped forward there.

The women gasped in shock at what she was doing, the dancer wanted to stop her.. But he stopped when Altair turned to them and smiled again...

" Not to worry. My goal to come is to do a little cleaning" Altair told them.